Device for the protection, preservation, and convenience in the keeping of brooms.



PAITENITED NOV.10,1903.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1902. I

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PATENT OEErcE.

CHARLES W. MCKELLAR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATIONAND CONVENIENCE lN THE KEEPING OF BROOMS. v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,746, dated November 10, I903. hpplicaticn filed september 10, 1902. Serial No. 122,843. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. MoKEL- LAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Device for the Protection, Preservation, and

Convenience in Keeping Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a novel broomholder adapted to hold the broom when the latter is not in use and constructed to'confine the straws of the broom in such manner that the shape of thebroom will be preserved or retained.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The drawing is a perspective view of a broom-holder made in accordance with my invention.

My novel broom-holder is made of wire and preferably of a single piece of wire properly folded and bent to form the several parts hereinafter to be described.

The device embraces four generally horizontal, verticallyseparated, and superposed loops at b c d, a shank 6, extending downwardly therefrom, and a bracket 2 at thelower end of said shank. The loops a, b, c, and d constitute a frame which confines the straws of the brush end of the broom and preserves the original shape of the broom, and

the bracket 6 serves as a support for the the broom being thereafter lowered through the loops until the butt-end thereof rests on the bracket c with the handle between the arms of said bracket. Said openings are normally closed by springs f, which yield inwardly when the broom-handle is being inserted into the holder and spring back into place when the handle has passed the same and when seated close the openings in a manner to prevent the straws of the broom from being forced outwardly through said openings.

In the adaptation of the holder to small brooms, such as whisk-brooms, the brooms may be inserted readilyinto the holder from the top, so that openings for the purpose de-. scribed need not be provided.

As before stated, the holder is preferably made from a single piece of wire, and, as herein shown, the middle portion of the wire is bent to form the loop g, from whence the two strands of wire are directed oppositely to form the upper loop a, the wires being preferably twisted between said suspension-loop and the loop a. The wire of the loop a is turned downwardly on the side of the loop remote from the suspension-loop g, as indicated at a a, the vertical portions ct constituting the sides of one of the openings above referred to. From said parts a the wire is directed oppositely to form the loop h, and on the side thereof remote from the opening last mentioned the two parts of the wire are brought together and twisted to form a shank b, by which the loop 5 is connected with the next lower loop 0. The parts of the wire are directed from the shank b in opposite directions to form the loop 0. The .wire of ,the loop 0 is turned downwardly on the side thereof remote from the shank b, as indicated at c c, constituting the sides of the lower opening. From said parts 0 the wire is directed oppositely to form the loop (Z, and the parts of the wire constituting said loop are brought together at the back of the loop and are twisted together to constitute the upper end of the shank e. At the lower end of the shank the wires are again twisted to give rigidity and permanency to the shank and are thereafter bent laterally and forwardly to The device affords a convenient support or storage place for the broom and preserves the original shape of the same.

I claim as my invention 1. A broom-holding device comprising a plurality of superposed connected loops con- Silltlliilnfd, an open work broom retaining frame for iuclosing the brush end of the broom, said loops being disconnected at the front of the frame so as to form a vertical opening adapted to permit the insertion of the broom-handle therethrough, a shank depending below the said frame, and a bracket at the lower end of the said shank having two forwardly-projecting arms adapted to re ceive the broom-handle between them and to constitute supports on which the butt-end of the broom rests when its brush end is inclosed in the said frame.

2. A broom-holding device made of a continuous piece of wire and comprising horizontal, superposed, parallelloops which are separated at the front of the device to form a vertical opening for the admission of a broom-handle, laterally-separated,verticallyextending parts con meeting the loops in pairs at the front'of the device, connected, vertically-extending parts joining the pairs of loops at the rear of the device, two parts forming a shank which depends from the lowermost loop at the rear of the device, and two arms which project laterally and forwardly from the lower enclof said shank and from a handle-receiving bracket.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES W. MOKELLAR.

\Vitnesses:

HOWARD G. HODGKINS, FRANK S. AYRES. 

